Katong bag-o pa lisud kaayo e hatag sa vitamins (thru dropper) sa akong toddler. Pero karon nga nahimo na og routine, everytime you say open kahibaw na siya, open na dayon sa iya mouth. Makasabot na nga it's time for his vitamins. We usually give it to him at around 8 pm. and then after sa iyang vitamins, brush na dayon sa teeth. As per my experience he puts up a fight (pagpatumar) gyud everytime he is not feeling good, i think most toddlers do. Mao na maglisud mi gamay patumar sa iya og tambal. Anyways, sakto ang advice nga e sagol sa juice or even sa milk ang vitamins. Mao sad sulti sa pedia namo. As for the "tingal" as long as you're careful okay ra man siguro. We do the same sometimes pagnaay hilanat and he needs the medicine kung taas ang hilanat. As for explaining the benefits of medicine to the toddler, goodluck na lang. Akong toddler di gyud maminaw. hahaha.
Sakto chewable vitamins works too. A friend of mine started giving her son chewables at like 20 months. Kay di man mapatumar ug vitamins thru dropper.